August 12th, 1949

Born on August 12th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 12th?

August 12th, 2016

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

August 12th, 2000

Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise with 118 lives lost.

August 12th, 1990

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

August 12th, 1985

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.

August 12th, 1969

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

August 12th, 1952

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

August 12th, 1945

An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

August 12th, 1944

World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

August 12th, 1914

World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of the country.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

August 12th, 1881

Franco-American children as young as seven years old commenced a strike against Cabot Mill of Brunswick, Maine. The Mill had to shut down operations for three days.

August 12th, 1099

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

August 12th, 1323

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

August 12th, 1164

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

August 12th, 1121

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 12th

Born on August 12th, 1949

74

Mark Knopfler

British musician

*August 12th, 1949, Glasgow

74

Fernando Collor de Mello

President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992

*August 12th, 1949, Rio de Janeiro

74

Julien Lepers

French musician

*August 12th, 1949, Paris

74

Zíngaro

Spanish recording artist; singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1949, A Coruña

74

Christiane Duchesne

French-Canadian writer known best for children's books

*August 12th, 1949, Montreal

74

Mustafa Jabbar

Current Minister of Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology in Bangladesh

*August 12th, 1949, Ashuganj Upazila

64

Alex Naumik

Norwegian singer

*August 12th, 1949, Vilnius †September 17th, 2013, Oslo

74

Panagiotis Chinofotis

Greek admiral and politician

*August 12th, 1949, Athens

74

Judi Richards

Canadian pop singer and songwriter

*August 12th, 1949, Toronto

63

Lou Martin

Northern Irish musician

*August 12th, 1949, Belfast †August 17th, 2012, Bournemouth

74

Terry Oldfield

English composer

*August 12th, 1949, Greater London

74

Glòria Muñoz

Spanish painter

*August 12th, 1949, Barcelona

51

Louis Krages

German racing driver

*August 12th, 1949, Bremen †January 11th, 2001, Atlanta

74

Neji Jouini

Tunisian association football player

*August 12th, 1949, Béja

74

Narendra Singh Negi

Indian singer

*August 12th, 1949, Pauri

74

Mario de Jesús Uribe Escobar

Colombian politician

*August 12th, 1949, Colombia

74

Paolo Foti

Italian politician

*August 12th, 1949, Agira

74

Janet Maslin

American journalist and critic

*August 12th, 1949, New York City

74

Clara Gómez Caro

Mexican politician

*August 12th, 1949, Jalisco

74

Bruce Jankowski

American football player

*August 12th, 1949, Paterson

74

Barbara Wysoczańska

Fencer

*August 12th, 1949, Świętochłowice

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Who's birthday is on August 12th?

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

75

Larry Carpenter

American director

*August 12th, 1948, Brockport

77

Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

71

Kip Holden

American politician

*August 12th, 1952, New Orleans

73

Jim Beaver

American actor

*August 12th, 1950, Laramie

68

Dietmar Schauerhammer

East German bobsledder

*August 12th, 1955, Neustadt an der Orla

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

50

Laurent Fignon

French professional road bicycle racer

*August 12th, 1960, 18th arrondissement of Paris †August 31st, 2010, 13th arrondissement of Paris

82

Letícia Román

Italian actress

*August 12th, 1941, Rome

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Born on August 12th, 1949
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No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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